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` 1 `lletters PatentNo.-`107,774, dated September 1870.

` The Schedule referred to these Letters Patentnand mkingpar't of the` same.

I, THOMAS Braces GREGORY, of Champaign, in the county of Champaign and StateA of Illinois, have invented certain'Improvement-s in Adjustable Clamps for Bedsteads, ofwhich the following is a specifica- Ntttu're and Objects ofthe Invention;

'lhe nature of my invention relates tov a clamp, one `oiwvhich is attached to the side rails,*n'ear eachcorner, of any ordinary bedstead, and. isprovided `with 'a projecting socket, for supporting the Slat-bearers, or

bearers for any style of bed-bottom', each clamp being ,made in two parts, one of which` is a.1atchet-plate,' Hand. isl secured to the side'rail,and the other is a plate `with flanges,fpartly embracing the` ratchetplate, to `prevent sideY movement, andfalsohaving ratchetteeth engaging with tlieteethon the aforesaid plate,

and onwhich'its relative position "to the bedstead w vertically, may be adjusted, all as hereinafter fully described'. y .1 A i Descrtptionof the Accompanying Drawing.. j Figure 1 is a perspective'vi'ew of abedstead, showing my improvements.

'Figure 2 isa perspective `View of one clamp, and a section-of; one side rail. s

. Figure-Sis a vertical sectional view of fig. 2, on

` the planeofthe line a: x.

i General Description- A A A A represent `the posts of an ordinary bedstead. i y

B B are the'siderails; and 'B' B' are `the foot andihad-boards.

other, as i plainly` shown at lig.` 3, and is., attached to the inner sidcsof the side rails B B by the screwsI c c,or their equivalents. Y

. D is a plate,made also of any suitable material,

andhasflanges, E E,`atits sides, which embrace the C is a plate, made of Iany suitable material, flat on` one side, and-provided with` ratchet-teeth on.t he` sidesof plate O, allowing a free vertical movement of the plate D. i The plate D is provided with ratchet-teeth on its inner side, as plainly shown in iig. 3, which engage with the'teeth on the ratchet-plate C.

E is a socket, formedV by projecting anges ou the lower end of `plate D.

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` -The operation 'of my inyentionis deemed. simple from an inspection of the drawing;

One of the plates, C, is attached near each corner `of the bedstead, to the side rails -B B. The plates D mayvthen be put in position, as shown in the drawings, when theyare ready t0 Ireceive the ends ot' the bearers G in the sockets F. y

One ofthe bearers, G, is placed at each end of th bedstead, and serve as bearers or supports for any ordinary bed-bottom, or for slats. L v

It will be plainly `seen that'either end of the bed bottom may be raised or lowered at pleasure by adjusting the position of the plates D on the plates C, and that the plate D will. be held securely and'iirmly by the ratchet-teeth on its inner face, engaging withthe teeth on the plate C, while the anges E will prevent any possibility. ofthe plates D slipping off the plates O laterally. i

. The advantages secnred'by the above-described adjustmentare deemed obvious,`and need no description.

Claim?.

Iclaiin as my inventionl The adjustable clamp, consisting otplatesG and--t D, constructed as described, and combined andal-,`

ranged to operate with the bearers G G and the side "i rails B B of a bedstead, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

Witnesses: V'.rnoMfns Blusas GREGORY.

G. W. CUR'rIss, JAMES MILLER.

G kGf are bearers', their ends resting in the sockets v 

